Illustrative Currency Amounts in New Special Drawing Right (SDR) Basket
As of May 27, 2022
The IMF publishes illustrative currency amounts in the lead up to the transition date to assist SDR users in preparing for the changeover to the new SDR valuation basket. The table below shows illustrative currency amounts based on the exchange rates for the three-month ending May 27, 2022. Details of the calculations are in this Excel file.
Table 1. Calculation of Illustrative Currency Amounts
(Assumed Transition Date = May 27, 2022)
| Currency | Percentage Weights1 | Base Period Average Exchange Rates (BEX)2 | Transition Date Exchange Rates (TEX) on May 27, 2022 |
Illustrative Currency Amounts3 | U.S. Dollar Equivalents on May 27, 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. dollar | 43.38 | 1 | 1 | 0.59188 |
0.591880 |
| Euro | 29.31 | 1.08185 |
1.06995 |
0.36965 | 0.395507 |
| Chinese yuan | 12.28 | 0.154006 | 0.148447 | 1.0879 | 0.161496 |
| Japanese yen | 7.59 | 0.00806415 | 0.00786689 | 12.842 | 0.101027 |
| Pound sterling | 7.44 | 1.28797 |
1.25915 | 0.078815 | 0.099240 |
| SDR1 = US$ 1.349154 | |||||
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Source: IMF Finance Department 1/ Weights approved by the IMF Executive Board on May 11, 2022. See May 14 Press Release. 2/ Calculation is based on average exchange rates for the three-month period up to May 27, 2022. 3/ See here for details on calculation and rounding of currency amounts. 4/ The value in U.S. dollars of one SDR, rounded to six significant digits. |
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